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A heart of stone

February 14, 2010

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I started out to make a Valentine, using this image from the archives.  I collect heart-shaped stones and other odd bits of rock: Petoskeys, other fossils, mimetoliths of all kinds.  They’re more interesting to look at underwater.  Thus the jar, where new acquisitions spend a little time being admired.  See the rosy heart?  Making a post is like making a […]

Things to do, places to go, and a view to rest the weary spirit

December 19, 2009

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It is my habit to retrieve the Record-Eagle at the end of our morning walk, get all of us inside and fed, pour a cup of coffee, and sit down to read every darned thing.* Thus it was that I read this morning’s horoscope: What you see, though it’s nothing unusual, will astound you. You […]

And a ho ho ho from Bellaire

December 19, 2009

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Tonight I was in Bellaire to meet a friend for dinner.  As I prowled the length of Bridge Street hunting for a place to stash the car, I looked over and saw Santa and Mrs. Claus sauntering into Toonie’s.  Even this far north you don’t see that every day.  Outmaneuvering a less motivated driver, I claimed […]

Decorating for the holidays at the Writing Studio and Bait Shop

December 15, 2009

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Last night I took the dogs out at bedtime.  The wind had hushed.  Icicles glittered from the eaves.  But there was something else . . . Snowflakes were caught in spider filaments.  I had never seen anything like this before.  I was enchanted.  I know this last one looks like a plastic ornament from the dimestore, […]

Katherine’s chickadee

November 25, 2009

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I’ve been watching little patches of blue float past and thinking how the little patches of sunlight that follow them cheer me right up. Then I opened my email. Katherine’s been watching the birds outside her window and musing about the spelling of gray—or grey. So. Black and white photo. Shades of gray, or grey, […]

Dear Snowbirds: Nope

November 18, 2009

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I can tell from the search terms that you snowbirds want to know just one thing. Has it snowed yet? Well, no, not yet. In fact, today’s a nice sunny day. But I’m not going to show you that, because I have a lot of other things to show you that backed up while I […]

Freedom: Verse I

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

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